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Agriculture Industry
‘In 3 years, we will witness farmers’ income growing’edit
While farmers’ protests continue in Delhi, experts say that implementing new policies can help increase farmers’ income. In a conversation with The Sunday Guardian, Rajju Shroff, chairman of the Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), shared his views about the state of agriculture in the country, the case for increasing farmers’ income and why health myths about use of pesticides in farms are baseless.
Implement Food Act, Supreme Court to centre, statesedit
The Supreme Court has pulled up both the Centre and the states for the tardy implementation of the National Food Security Act and said a law enacted by Parliament as a part of its social justice obligation must be given its due respect and must be implemented faithfully and sincerely and positively before the end of this year.
Certified paddy seeds for increased agricultural productionedit
The Ministry of Agriculture, in its report has recommended introduction of production subsidy to enhance production of certified seeds, inbred high yield varieties and hybrid seeds in the country. Currently, the seed subsidy is provided mostly for distribution and marketing and transport and not so much for production.